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1944: Warsaw Jews
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June 24, 1944: Birkenau; A pole and a Jewish girl escape from Belgium. The girl, Mala Zimetbaum, escapes through an airlock in the gas chamber waiting room. She became the camp interpreter and falls in love with a Polish man. They managed to escape only to be eventually caught and brought back to Auschwitz where they were tortured. They then were to be hung in public view by thousands of prisoners. Instead she produces a razor blade and slashes her wrists in front of the onlookers. Incensed, the SS shoots her dead.
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June 26, 1944 -- U.S. Secretary of State Hull and Anthony Eden of Britain issue warnings to Hungary's Admiral Horthy. King Gustav of Sweden sends a personal protest. The International Red Cross finally takes an active interest in saving Jews.
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October 15, 1944: Cracow; Plaszow Camp; The Germans empty the camp. Included in the evacuation were 700 of the Jews protected by Oscar Schindler. They are sent to the concentration camp at Gross Rosen. Schindler managed to retrieve these Jews, claiming the essential nature of their contribution to his factory and the war effort. Schindler ... fought for release of 300 other of "his" Jews who were sent to Auschwitz.
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